Finally, try to get her to consume a small meal or good-sized snack before bed.

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Sleep is also the new snake oil--the promise of a good snooze from a book or a bed or a bottle.

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One good example: the 330, 000 Americans who are confined to bed or unable to talk as a result of severe dementia, such as that caused by Alzheimer's disease.

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So too could the split-second scheduling, when she liked to linger in bed in the mornings till 9.30 or so, putting on her makeup in her own good time.

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